Last spring, many of the students protesting the war between Israel and Hamas demanded that their universities divest from weapons manufacturers and other companies profiting off the bloodshed in Gaza. Some called for total...
Given the power that trustees of a college possess, one must ask why trustees are so negligible a factor in the institution’s operations.
Today, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) releases its latest trustee guide, Danger in Divestment: The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions...
The fish stinks from the head, goes the old saying.Presidents of elite universities have been at the head...
Louisiana governor Jeff Landry signed a bill into law Wednesday that grants him new powers to directly appoint board chairs...
The University of Texas at Dallas just closed a new office to comply with a state ban on “diversity, equity, and inclusion” programming after opening it...
In an unprecedented display of leadership, the president, flanked by the provost and the chairman of the board of trustees, announced to the chanting and drumming students encamp...
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin made the right decision when he vetoed Senate Bill 506. However, both the title and text of...
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